The Animated Avatar Workshop

[arwenpotter 1]

ahhathx and thankee Sya weheh... i couldnt think of anythign else to do!

welks Yasha

and neat UA! ive enerv tried animting real looking things..only anime

[Devilwolf 0]

Has anybody started on mine yet?

[Devilwolf 0]

Anybody know where I can learn to do picture animator and stuff, I would really like to learn

[thebarman 6]

Anybody know where I can learn to do picture animator and stuff, I would really like to learn

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Yes, read the first post...

[thebarman 6]

Here's Snowy's avatar with that all important Christmas sparkle...

[neo cloud 8900 0]

can i PLEASE get blue flames shooting up my current avatar?

[thebarman 6]

can i PLEASE get blue flames shooting up my current avatar?

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Don't know about blue flames but I'll have a play and see, what font is that lettering??

[neo cloud 8900 0]

i have no idea. it was already on the avatar. ua just made it scroll onto the screen

[thebarman 6]

i have no idea. it was already on the avatar. ua just made it scroll onto the screen

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It wasn't UA I can promise you that much, I had a little play just to neaten it up a bit, I'll look into some blue flames at a later point but I'm a bit busy at the moment hope this'll do for now...

[neo cloud 8900 0]

thnx a lot thats pretty cool!

[thebarman 6]

...continuing the Chrimbo theme, here's Dot's chrimbo avatar:

Edit: I realise it looks distorted here, but if you click the thumbnail the full version is fine

Edited December 14, 2004 by thebarman

[Daughter of the Nine Moons 6,827]

Yay Barman! you so rock!

[thebarman 6]

Heh heh glad you like it hun, and Merry Christmas

PS: This one isn't linked, it's not even 5kb so just download it and upload it as your avatar and it'll be fine

Edited December 14, 2004 by thebarman

[Daughter of the Nine Moons 6,827]

Merry Merry to you too Bardude!

[Jesus_Freak 0]

yeah, Jeremy did neocloud's, and i fixed it up, but he didn't use it... that's a lot better tahn either of ours Barman... i like dot9m's too

[Devilwolf 0]

How exactly do you use this ms gif animator?

[thebarman 6]

It should come with a "read-me" file when you download it that should tell you how it works but basically you draw each frame yourself in a program like paint, and then insert them into the animator which sticks them together and plays them.

As with any program the best way to learn is to just give it a shot, play around for a while and see what you can come up with, you'll figure out much more that way than reading anything I might have written

[neo cloud 8900 0]

o. well thank you jeremy! my mistake

[thebarman 6]

o. well thank you jeremy! my mistake

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I'm confused, jeremy hasn't posted in this thread for about 3 pages, who are you talking to?

[Universal Absurdity 0]

How exactly do you use this ms gif animator?

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To use it open any image in paint (or any image editing program -photoshop, ulead, ultimate paint, corel draw, ...etc), save it as a GIF (you may loose color, pasting the original image over a saved gif sometimes helps) Then edit the image, for movement. Save each frame in a temp folder (click file, and save as. NUMBER EACH FRAME!)when satisfied with your animating right click the last image and "open with" GIF animator (you will have to browse for the GIF animator the first time) Add each frame from last to first, use the '+' button to add frames.

-The first tab is trial and error with the dither method (undefined usually works best)

-Second tab is for looping or repeat amount (click repeat and forever)

-Third tab is for frame duration. (10-20/100s usually works best for fluid movement, more for pauses, less for flashes)

you can open any GIF to see the frames and the 'inner workings' to get ideas on how to perfect your skills- Right click on an existing GIF and click 'open with' then choose GIF animator.- sometimes you may get odd frames (mostly blank or partial frames) these are from compression, or GIF images made with other programs.

Good luck

**DOWNLOAD MS GIF ANIMATOR HERE

Edited July 10, 2005 by UniversalAbsurdity

[thebarman 6]

Cool post UA, I'll add it as a Tutorial to the first post if thats OK then people will always be able to find it, saves anyone writing it again...

Edit: Done

Edited December 15, 2004 by thebarman

[Universal Absurdity 0]

No problem barman, thanks for adding it

It was a PM that i sent to whomever wanted to learn how to animate. Fortunately i had it saved and came across it while cleaning out my PM's. Perfect timing too

[Jesus_Freak 0]

i corrected neocloud, when he said that UA did his avatar, and i told him that jeremy did it... he was thanking jeremy for that

Edited December 15, 2004 by Jesus_Freak

[TooFarGone 19]

No prblem

[Devilwolf 0]

this animator is a pest whenever i save something and try to open it up on the screen it says there is an error